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The Evil Negative Review that Almost Made me Eat an Entire Bucket of Ice-Cream Until I Realized I wanted to Eat the Entire Bucket of Ice-Cream Anyways. Also This Title is Really Long.

8/28/2017

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Boys and girls, I finally got my first painful negative review. *slow clap* It's honestly a little exciting as it no longer looks like I'm just a baby author with no feedback. Although it feels like I just got stabbed in the head by a gang of internet trolls, I chalk it up as an achievement badge. Yet in the first 10 minutes of reading the review I was practically hacking the FBI headquaters to try and figure out who was the person who would dare hurt my precious fragile feelings. How dare they have an opinion against my perfect God-Given creation? Sigh... honestly, anonymous Amazon User, I thank you. I thank you for two reasons actually. I'm glad that you spoke truthfully and honestly. Your opinion does matter and it's just as valid as everyone else. Its real, it has grit to it, and yes, it does sting. But that sting gives me the second reason I'm thanking you. You motivate me. You make me want to do better, to write stronger plots. More powerful characters, to become a better me. And in the end, your review will have been the most cherished review I could have received in these early days of self-publishing because your review is what will dive me to push for success. So all of us self-published and traditionally published authors, lets raise out glasses and wipe our tear-stained faces as we acknowledge those hard-to-swallow reviews.
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Anonymous
9/25/2018 12:55:32 am

Hey, I really want this to remain anonymous. I am happily married now with a son. However, I just thought of my old highschool crush, and decided to look him up. Curiosity is my vice. Turns out he’s an Author, and a blogger, who reeled me in with a “controversial” post about college. I’m in college for business, and I find that post hilarious and true, by the way. Anyway, getting to the point...I did happen to know you in highschool, and in fact, when I moved to Magna, I was in your seminary class and grade. I had a pretty big secret crush on you for four years. I knew you were way too smart for someone as dumb as me. And, way too good, for someone so messed up. I had a lot of struggles at Cyprus and a lot of bad boyfriends and dates. When it came to prom time, I had just broken up with my boyfriend, and I was in recovery from an eating disorder and taking medication for my depression. This resulted in wheight gain. I went from 110lbs to about 140. (This was highly criticized by gossipers around). P.S. I dated a couple of those guys from your low IQ list. (Your descriptions were on point). This lead to a lot of skipping school. And, an even bigger drop in my self-esteem. So, when prom came around and I hadn’t been asked, and my friend wanted me to go in their group; I ended up asking a guy that I deemed just a friend, no threat, and whom I had felt bad for rejecting freshman year. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I would have loved to go to prom with you, and I want to punch that gymnast in the face. Good luck on your writing career and life Raf!

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Raf
10/3/2018 08:50:20 am

Hey, thank you for your comment and kind words! I hope your life's turned out great and that everything is looking up for you in college. Good luck with your business degree, it's a tough one to get through! I'm really glad you liked my blog posts so far!

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